'Spaw...you turnin' chicken on us????

...seed: mmmmm...I'll have to think on that one & get back to you.*G*

Jeri, that's why my Birkenstock sandals are always by the bed, when I get up at night or in the morning first thing, to avoid that unpleasant mush under the bare foot!

Cap't. Bob, I think your cat thinks she's bringing you her bounty/kill. Does she meow in a weird way while she carries it up and places it before you? I had a cat that would do that with her toys. It was the same sound she'd make after catching a mouse or some such. She was quite proud of herself. If you really want it to stop, try putting all of the socks in a drawstring laundry bag or something like that. Then give her a catnip mouse or something and praise her when she plays with it.

Used to be I would've told you you can never have too many cats, but in my center-aged and wiser years, I gotta say it's hard to give them the attention I think they need or deserve and there can be a lot of "infighting" if you go over four or five, sometimes even less. We've consistently had 7-8 in the past ten years or so, and it has definitely been a challenge at times to keep the fur from flying. The problem usually crops up more when a new one is introduced or an old one passes on. Everyone is unsure of the pecking order at those times. Hope this helps.

BTW all: if I'd waited to post this thread until morning, I would've shared a totally different thought. In Wyoming, we almost made it through the whole of September without snow. At 5a this morning the weather report was mostly cloudy, breezy with scattered showers, highs in the 50's. Imagine my surprise, then, when I finally dragged out of bed for good at 730a to see huge, fat snowflakes coming down really fst and thick! No scattered about them, a solid bank. Luckily it is not that cold, most of them aren't sticking much and it'll probably all melt later on today. We are up near the mountain, 1,000 feet above the river and town, so it's possible they jus have showers. Ah....the Rocky Mountain west!

kat